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The governing body may promulgate such reasonable regulations to further the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, minimum liability insurance requirements. However, such ordinances and regulations shall not prescribe the wages or compensation to be paid to any driver or lessor of any such motor vehicle by the owner or lessee thereof; nor shall such ordinances and regulations authorize the governing body to reduce the number of taxicabs permitted to be operated by a taxicab operator or a holder of a certificate issued under such ordinance, other than for non-use of such taxicabs or for cause as defined by such ordinance, including instances where there is a decrease in the demand for taxicab service. Further, such ordinances and regulations shall not impose (i) regulatory requirements concerning claims settlement practices beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2056 or (ii) financial requirements to qualify as a self-insurer beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2053 on any taxicab operator who, in lieu of filing an insurance policy or surety bond, has qualified as a self-insurer pursuant to § 46.2-2053 by depositing with the State Treasurer state, federal or municipal bonds or has filed an unconditional letter of credit issued by a bank. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect or control the authority of counties, cities or towns to set the amount, if any, of locally established liability insurance requirements that may be met by a program of self-insurance.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":310294,"text":"It is the policy of this Commonwealth, based on the public health, safety and welfare, to assure safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service for the riding public in this Commonwealth; and in furtherance of this policy, it is recognized that it is essential that counties, cities and towns be granted the authority to reasonably regulate such taxicab service as to the number of operators and the number of vehicles that shall provide such service and regulations as to the rates or charges for such taxicab service, even though such regulations may have an anti-competitive effect on such service by limiting the number of operators and vehicles within a particular jurisdiction.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":310295,"text":"The governing body of any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth may regulate by ordinance and limit the number of taxicab operators and the number of taxicabs within its jurisdiction in order to provide safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service on any highway, street, road, lane or alley in such county, city, or town. The governing body may promulgate such reasonable regulations to further the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, minimum liability insurance requirements. However, such ordinances and regulations shall not prescribe the wages or compensation to be paid to any driver or lessor of any such motor vehicle by the owner or lessee thereof; nor shall such ordinances and regulations authorize the governing body to reduce the number of taxicabs permitted to be operated by a taxicab operator or a holder of a certificate issued under such ordinance, other than for non-use of such taxicabs or for cause as defined by such ordinance, including instances where there is a decrease in the demand for taxicab service. Further, such ordinances and regulations shall not impose (i) regulatory requirements concerning claims settlement practices beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2056 or (ii) financial requirements to qualify as a self-insurer beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2053 on any taxicab operator who, in lieu of filing an insurance policy or surety bond, has qualified as a self-insurer pursuant to § 46.2-2053 by depositing with the State Treasurer state, federal or municipal bonds or has filed an unconditional letter of credit issued by a bank. 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This law was first created in 2001. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 596<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2012, chapters 35<\/a> and 105<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":57954,"section_number":"46.2-2060","catch_line":"Limitations on advertising","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2060\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":76994,"section_number":"46.2-2053","catch_line":"Surety bonds, insurance, letter of credit, or securities required prior to issuance of registration; amounts","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2053\/"},{"id":75632,"section_number":"46.2-2056","catch_line":"Effect of unfair claims settlement practices on self-insured motor carriers","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-2056\/"}],"permalink":{"id":232339,"object_type":"law","relational_id":86641,"identifier":"46.2-2067","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2067","url":"\/46.2-2067\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-2067\/","token":"46.2\/V\/20\/3\/46.2-2067","dublin_core":{"Title":"Local regulation of number of taxicabs","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-2067","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> It is the policy of this Commonwealth, based on the public health, safety and welfare, to assure safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service for the riding public in this Commonwealth; and in furtherance of this policy, it is recognized that it is essential that counties, cities and towns be granted the authority to reasonably regulate such taxicab service as to the number of operators<\/span> and the number of vehicles<\/span> that shall provide such service and regulations as to the rates or charges for such taxicab service, even though such regulations may have an anti-competitive effect on such service by limiting the number of operators<\/span> and vehicles<\/span> within a particular jurisdiction<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> The governing body<\/span> of any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth may regulate by ordinance<\/span> and limit the number of taxicab operators<\/span> and the number of taxicabs within its jurisdiction<\/span> in order<\/span> to provide safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service on any highway<\/span>, street, road, lane<\/span> or alley in such county, city, or town. The governing body<\/span> may promulgate such reasonable regulations to further the provisions of this section including, but not limited to, minimum liability insurance requirements. However, such ordinances<\/span> and regulations shall not prescribe the wages or compensation to be paid to any driver<\/span> or lessor of any such motor vehicle<\/span> by the owner<\/span> or lessee thereof; nor shall such ordinances<\/span> and regulations authorize the governing body<\/span> to reduce the number of taxicabs permitted to be operated by a taxicab operator<\/span> or a holder of a certificate<\/span> issued under such ordinance<\/span>, other than for non-use of such taxicabs or for cause as defined by such ordinance<\/span>, including instances where there is a decrease in the demand for taxicab service. Further, such ordinances<\/span> and regulations shall not impose (i) regulatory requirements concerning claims settlement<\/span> practices beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2056<\/a> or (ii) financial requirements to qualify as a self-insurer beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2053<\/a> on any taxicab operator<\/span> who, in lieu of filing an insurance policy or surety<\/span> bond<\/span>, has qualified as a self-insurer pursuant to § 46.2-2053<\/a> by depositing with the State Treasurer state, federal or municipal bonds<\/span> or has filed an unconditional letter of credit issued by a bank. Nothing herein shall be construed to affect or control the authority of counties, cities or towns to set the amount, if any, of locally established liability insurance requirements that may be met by a program of self-insurance. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nLOCAL REGULATION OF NUMBER OF TAXICABS (\u00a7 46.2-2067)\n\nA. It is the policy of this Commonwealth, based on the public health, safety and\nwelfare, to assure safe and reliable privately operated taxicab service for the\nriding public in this Commonwealth; and in furtherance of this policy, it is\nrecognized that it is essential that counties, cities and towns be granted the\nauthority to reasonably regulate such taxicab service as to the number of\noperators and the number of vehicles that shall provide such service and\nregulations as to the rates or charges for such taxicab service, even though\nsuch regulations may have an anti-competitive effect on such service by limiting\nthe number of operators and vehicles within a particular jurisdiction.\n\nB. The governing body of any county, city, or town in the Commonwealth may\nregulate by ordinance and limit the number of taxicab operators and the number\nof taxicabs within its jurisdiction in order to provide safe and reliable\nprivately operated taxicab service on any highway, street, road, lane or alley\nin such county, city, or town. The governing body may promulgate such reasonable\nregulations to further the provisions of this section including, but not limited\nto, minimum liability insurance requirements. However, such ordinances and\nregulations shall not prescribe the wages or compensation to be paid to any\ndriver or lessor of any such motor vehicle by the owner or lessee thereof; nor\nshall such ordinances and regulations authorize the governing body to reduce the\nnumber of taxicabs permitted to be operated by a taxicab operator or a holder of\na certificate issued under such ordinance, other than for non-use of such\ntaxicabs or for cause as defined by such ordinance, including instances where\nthere is a decrease in the demand for taxicab service. Further, such ordinances\nand regulations shall not impose (i) regulatory requirements concerning claims\nsettlement practices beyond those imposed by § 46.2-2056 or (ii) financial\nrequirements to qualify as a self-insurer beyond those imposed by §\n46.2-2053 on any taxicab operator who, in lieu of filing an insurance policy or\nsurety bond, has qualified as a self-insurer pursuant to § 46.2-2053 by\ndepositing with the State Treasurer state, federal or municipal bonds or has\nfiled an unconditional letter of credit issued by a bank. Nothing herein shall\nbe construed to affect or control the authority of counties, cities or towns to\nset the amount, if any, of locally established liability insurance requirements\nthat may be met by a program of self-insurance.\n\nHISTORY: 2001, c. 596; 2012, cc. 35, 105.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}